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With&colon; hb sb ab&semi; Boxing day afternoon walk from West Stoke car park through the Kingley Vale ancient yew woods&comma; then up to the trig point and back&period; Quite a lot of people about which was good to see&period;

Waited until gone 1 pm for the heavy morning rain to move on as forecast&comma; then with L and Betty a 4 hr walk loop from Kingly&period; Clear blue skies and welcome sun - a real transformation&comma; but biting coldNW wind guesting up to 40mph for awhile &comma; again as forecast&period; Not used to being cold in the SE&comma; Took Betty home - her owners had their heating on&period; Autumn is here&period;&period;

Chris Pearson

23/09/2018

5 go mad in the heat &period; A famous five walk in the overpowering heatwave&period; me&comma; L&comma; Nick&comma; Claudia &lpar; her first visit to Kingly Vale&rpar; and Betty the dog&period; Sought the shade of the ancient yews before straight up the back slope&period; 2 hrs with sit downs in the shade then back to collapse on the sofa&period;

Chris Pearson

15/07/2018

6 mile club trail run following flour markings&comma; on a loop through the woods &lpar; not quite to the summit&rpar; &period; Hot and humid as has been the norm for ever it now feels Ran round with Pete&period; Back to watch England beat Sweden to get through to World Cup semi finals&period;

Chris Pearson

11/07/2018

A10th ascent and the most significant&comma; marking the early days of L's rapidly increasing return to fitness - our 10 mile Stoughton Bowl loop walked over 4 hours in sunshine through lovely green countryside with Betty the dog as usual&period;

Chris Pearson

20/05/2018

Parked at West Stoke car park&comma; then took footpaths in anti-circular direction to top with Rosalie for company enjoying her first hill-outing of the year&period; Easy going with good views to Hayling and Thorney islands and isle of Wight&period;

JOHNS

07/04/2018

A big satisfying but exhausting walk for L only 4 weeks post op but with 2 park runs under her belt&comma; and today an almost 3 hr loop walk climbing up twice&period; Sadly much goooy mud after yesterday's rain&period; Accompanied by Betty the Jack Russell whose undercarriage fur was coated in orange sticky mud -earning her an immediate compulsory dog wash in the shower once home&period;&lpar; which she enjoys&rpar;&period;

Chris Pearson

22/01/2018

Back again the next day&period; This time to run round the same 10 mile hilly circuit with L in 1 hr 45 mins&period; 25 mins from West stoke car park to summit&period; Icy and blue sky - lovely once warmed up by running and a steep climb&period;

Chris Pearson

09/12/2017

3 and half hour walk with L around our usual 10 mile run route from West Stoke&period; Ducked our way through the knarled beautiful ancient yews - amongst the oldest living things in Britain&period; Their ground sweeping branches put out new roots&comma; whilst their trunk core slowly rots&period; The effect here is a Tollkeinesqu forest&period; Other ancient things around here include a find
&NewLine; a few miles away at the foot of the hill &comma;
&NewLine; the skeleton of Recton man - a Bronze age tribal leader with his dagger&comma; which at 4000yrs old is the oldest Bronze Age item found in UK&period;

Chris Pearson

08/12/2017

A double ascent today with L and Betty the always keen jack russel&period; Freezing cold &comma; blue sky and sun but a cutting wind&comma; dew pond frozen&comma; ground frozen hard but on the south facing steep headwall the top 'active layer' had thawed producing a film of
&NewLine;steep mud overlying permafrost like ground - so steep
&NewLine;mud on steep ice made for comedy progress&period;&period;Went up and down twice over a 3 hr morning on differing loops visiting trig summit on both occasions&period; Meanwhile light snow was falling in London and on east coast beaches&period;

Chris Pearson

30/11/2017

Friday evening run with L and Alan from Lavant&period; An Alan epic as his 5 miles turned into 8&period;5 but on a lovely warm evening no real complaints&period; Skirted the top after climbing up to summit iridge from the east&period;

Chris Pearson

26/05/2017

8 mile run up and around familiar terrain before a packed house of runners at Stephan the Baker's home for christmas gathering and endless eating of homemade snacks - lasting far longer than the run had done&period;

Chris Pearson

04/12/2016

Date approx

ejjohnstone

07/04/2016

Top visited again on a Chichester Runners trail run - 1st of the spring season- with a choice of 4&sol;5&sol;or 7 mile circuit -marked by flour arrows which washes away&period; Jogged and walked as torn calf muscle still in recovery - and ended up carrying the dog who developed a limp&excl;

Chris Pearson

30/03/2016

Two ascents of one of our favourite local spots with L and Betty up from Kingley Vale&comma; over the top and down the mountain bike trail - and back up -forest badly trashed by tree extraction work-paths we normally used churned up and deep in brashings&period; Climbed into field to escape the mess and came across a cairn built by the Langmead family &lpar;farmer landowners around here&rpar;- built with stones from all their Estates around the British Isles from Ireland to Scotland&period;

Chris Pearson

28/03/2016

Many of our running club 10 mile sunday runs start at Kingley Vale &lpar;a National Nature Reserve&rpar;and go up&comma; down&comma; and all over Bow Hill&period; Especially popular&lpar;&quest;&rpar; is the death hill direct steep climb after passing through the twisted ancient yews&period; Trig now in a cleared area but not on the obvious two mounds where most people stop for the great views&period;

Chris Pearson

04/05/2015

Long walk with colleage Stu&comma; short detour from route to take in the summit&comma; no view due to trees&period;